In the flow

I have been experimenting with what I call being in sync or in the flow. I had been working for weeks to get the mayor of the city to visit the toastmaster club I belong to for our twentieth year celebration to no avail. One day while not even thinking about this a thought popped into my head to make a personal in person visit to the mayor's office. I did. I spoke to the young woman who was less than helpful on the phone. She had done a total 180. She tried to be as accommodating as possible. I felt great leaving the office. However, a few days later when I telephoned her a few days later I got that all too familiar cold, not helpful reception. I stayed cordial with her and told her irregardless of the proclamation that I was trying to get she was invited to our special celebration. She hung up with no promises and I thought that I did not attain my goal. Monday morning came quickly and it was time for our celebration. While setting up the room someone called my name. I did not recognise him. He introduced himself and he was the mayor and he had come to deliver the proclamation himself. Needless to say I was very pleased especially since I am always telling people to make thingd happen. The moral of the story here is that things always work out if you take the right action at the right time. I acted immediatly when the idea hit me to make an in person visit and the result was a resounding success. Make it happen in your own lives by acting now.

Oak

Carpe Diem!

Percpective

Perspective is a very interesting thing. I remember the first time I went to Phoenix Arizona. I landed there between 9 and 10 that night and it was 110 degrees. One of the people who picked us up commented that it was actually cooling off and don't worry it was dry heat. Dry heat? Well from my perspective it did not matter if it was dry heat, wet heat or damp heat, it was HEAT. It was down right hot and for me unbearable. Can you see how our different perspectives drove our overall experience? I will give you another example. A few years ago there was a commercial on television that basically showed a young man asking a women her opinion on the engagement ring that he was purchasing for his fiance. A neighbor saw this and went rushing to his fiance's house to tell her....What do you think her version was? I am sure you guessed it :-) As we face our challenges and work on our goals, it is always a good idea to pause a bit and look at the challenge from a different perspective. You usually find the solution or at least get a different insight.

Oak

Carpe Diem!